The only road story I have is buying Keith Mccready beer at the Derby City Classic back in the early 2000's. He was playing for a few thousand a set after hours and the hotel had stopped serving alcohol. He had a decent crowd going and was starting to complain he was out of beer and couldn't concentrate. I was drinking myself so I offered to go get him some. I went to a bar and got a case of beer and the show continued. I didn't know him, never talked to him, hardly said much to him that night other than, "I'm going to get some beer you want me to pick you up some?" "Here is your beer good luck." The next year at the Derby I'm walking past him, our eyes meet, I give a head nod (how could he remember me right) and he stops me and says, "Hey I'm getting ready to play a set you want to go get me some beer again?"

true legend, I saw him in San Antonio working his hustle about 10 years ago. He had the best crap talking and game hustling I have ever seen. One of the last of the great hustlers.

I love all of the road stories from all of the greats.

I saw Ronnie play at a tournament in Johnson City, IL in the 60's. He was from Danville and I was from Bluford, IL. Ronnie was one of the greatest pool players I ever seen play! Fats was there but was pretty old so pretty much all he did was talk a good game.

I love this story ! I miss Ronnie. The Hayman !! I donated to Ronnie more than once!!! I miss him

God bless you and yours Mr. Allen !! You are one of my true hero's !! I would have loved to have watch you work. It makes me sad to think about how most of the great ones are gone - And are a legend Sir. Thank you so very much for your stories and for your legacy.

All of the greats said Harold Worst was the best player on Earth in the 50s and 60s

Fools that don't believe, I seen Ronnie win 35,000 playing some suit with a broom stick over 3 days at the Billiard Den in North Hollywood, Ca. only thing Ronnie demened was he could chalk the end of the broom stick. These stories are this tip of the iceberg!

This was a pleasure to listen to.

Fast Eddie was not one to brag on anybody but himself , and he deserved to, but the testimony he gave Harold Worst was amazing.

"Nobody there except for me and him, and the guy with the Uzi..... and he don't ever say nothin'." rofl

Ronnie's imagination for 1 Pocket was amazing...Jersey Red also on the same level....but Ronnie's shot making + his ability to see things was unnerving to many of the top notch players he played.......& Moscow I was beaten twice by a liquor salesman from Rockford ill....I met the man...saw the newspaper article framed and posted on the wall other pool room at State & Madison in Rockford in 1978....when Mosconi came back to the area to play again...Willie refused to play him again.....the man's name was Charlie Cachipalia.......

Great story about Harold Worst.

This is fun to listen to, very cool. Thx for sharing this FastLenny, cheers!

He played the stardust in '64-'65, died june 16, 1966 (36 yrs old)

Thank you for sharing awesome stories. You are the Wurst...:-) meaning Best.

God, love Ronnie.

Every time he mentioned a shrimp boat captain, I thought of Forrest Gump! Great stories!

Worst was a class act.

The fortune teller hustled the hustler! Id love to hear some of her road stories about goin around faking trances and taking the $$$!

You are the man Lenny. You do a lot for pool.

Real hustler💰

@gwizzle1 yeah, listen up.

Ronnie' stories are fun to listen to. But they reflect the not-so-pretty side of the life of a pool hustler. Like most other pool sharks, Ronnie was addicted to gambling of all kinds. Like his cohorts, he lived fast and died broke. Many old pool players also die alone after a life of late nights, drinking, doing drugs, carousing and not worrying about tomorrow.

😎☕💵 St.Louis, 11k, 9ball, 15 hours. " the best 15 hours of my life "

He sounds just like my old boss Harley Bryan from Jacksonville, Florida. Hes got all these great road stories like this. You should really get in touch with him. I have all his info if u want it.

I thought that was really good; Harold Worst story brought tears to my eyes. The machine gun guy story sounds like a scary spot; I have a friend that won $2,000 in a Mexican pool hall in Houston, and when they went to leave they all blocked the door; his running buddy went to the pay phone and called the police and said officer down shots fired at Rio pool hall and when 12 cops showed up in 2 minutes they walked right out the front door.

Wow what a life ain't no social security in it but it's still a great life

this quits at 26:40, is it continued?

I love how they called earl Strickland “squirrel “

Gave him a ride to the airport and 30$

BS, Harold played pool while in the Military (6-8 & 9 ball) gave exhibitions

This is bullshit,he said Mosconi only did exhibitions for kids,how was he the WORLD champion 15 times in straight pool? with a 526 high run without a miss. You need to lay off the bottle,you sound like your drunk now. never worked a day ???